On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 15:20:26 -0400 covici@ccs.covici.com wrote: > Tom Wijsman wrote: > > > On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:36:14 +0300 > > Gevisz wrote: > > > > > Are you sure that you need gdm at all? > > > > Yes, `startx` doesn't work well in GNOME 3 for a lot of people; so, > > unless one attempts to cover what the login manager sets up, I don't > > think that a plain call with a plain `exec gnome-session` will work. > > > > It for example needs the *-launch things between exec and > > gnome-session. > > So, What can I do aside from restarting gdm after it goes to sleep or > whatever its doing after a few minutes? Also, I did try startx and I > did get a session and it seems to work, although I have not tested > extensively. Sounds like some kind of power management kicking in; usually typing some key and/or mouse helps with that, a step further is to try pressing the power button if it has made it sleep, suspend, ... The screen-saver control of x11-apps/xset might help correct this. -- With kind regards, Tom Wijsman (TomWij) Gentoo Developer E-mail address : TomWij@gentoo.org GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D GPG Fingerprint : C165 AF18 AB4C 400B C3D2 ABF0 95B2 1FCD 6D34 E57D